How to Enter Second Life

Two alternate browsers are available, which you might consider: Dazzle, which is a visually updated interface for the regular SL browser and recommended for newcomers. The other browser requires a more sophisticated and powerful PC to run. It's called WindLight.

3) When you first log in, you are given a choice of looks for your virtual person, your "avatar," that travels through this virtual world and is the Second Life (SL) version of YOU. The choice is limited at this point only because once you actually enter Second Life, you can completely change the look of your avatar, whether what you want is shorter hair, puffier lips, bluer skin or furrier legs; it's ALL customizable and changeable.

Real life companies have begun building "presences" in Second Life, and libraries are no exception! There are several public and academic (college/university) libraries within Second Life already, some residing on the various Info Islands, and others on their own islands.

ALA Island

See the March 14, 2008 Marginalia blog post, Second ALA Life by Jenny Levine.

ALA Island in Second Life, a YouTube video providing a quick tour of ALA Island in Second Life; the island is now ready to host events, conferences, division meetings, as well as provide an informal arena to meet librarians and information professionals. Following are coordinates for ALA Island - ALA Main Stage, ALA Island (128, 107, 29). Or use this Second Life SLurl link to teleport you there directly (as long as you have Second Life installed on your computer and already have an account) -- http://slurl.com/secondlife/ALA%20Island/128/107/29/